Pat Moore, who grew up in Holderness, rides the world over, competes at the X-Games and shoots video of snowboarding in urban settings, most recently the streets of Syracuse.

Moore gives back to his hometown as well, and to the kids who, just like him, had an opportunity to ride and skate in the White Mountains.

He was the key behind a fundraising effort to make a new skate park in downtown Plymouth a reality this past year, and he also has a scholarship fund for local kids to attend Waterville Valley's snowboarding program.

This past week, I got a chance to catch up with him. We discussed what he is up to. You can help Pat win an X-Games Gold Medal video.

Just click on the link here and watch him in this amazing one-minute flick, look at the other competitors and if you think he is worthy, give him your vote.

He is competing in an elimination format with seven of the world's best and the first round ends Monday night.

If he survives to the end on Jan. 23, he gets to claim the prize, which will help pay his way forward to more videos.

Moore, 26, has been making a living at snowboarding since the age of 17 by winning events.

He began as a little boy, going every day to Waterville Valley with his mother, Deb Moore, who worked for years in the resort's marketing department. I remember him as a cute little boy who slept under his mother's desk.

"She would go to work really early and I would go with her and sleep in the car," he said.

When he woke up, right outside her window was a phenomenal park of snow. And so, as the saying goes, the rest is history.

"Waterville Valley was one of the first resorts that really had such a good park," Moore said, noting that Stratton and Okemo also were among the first to really embrace the trend.

Bill Enos, who was snowboard director at Waterville Valley Academy, took Moore under his arm. Enos is now the U.S. Olympic Slopestyle coach who is also out in Park City, Utah, where Moore also trains.

But he has a house in Campton and insists I call Campton his home.

"I started as a contest kid and that sort of lead me into video," he noted.

The X-Games became a staple for him, and he has done really well with competition the past 15 years. But in the last three years he has been doing a lot with video contests, traveling the world in search of snow and urban elements to hit.

He sees it as a performance art, and when he goes on a shoot, "I roll with a big pose."

So it is not just a friend holding an iPhone shooting his snowboard moves but a pretty serious production team out putting together elaborate and exciting pieces of art.

Last year the lack of snow had them in Alaska, but this year, the snow was good enough in Syracuse that they shot some good footage there.

"We're going into cities looking for urban elements," like hand rails and tables and interesting pieces of concrete covered in snow.

Moore has remained injury-free.

"On that count, I have been pretty lucky," he said.

He works with Forum snowboards and has his own line. He also works with Red Bull skateboarding in the summer.

What has been really meaningful, he said, is to be able to advance opportunities for other skateboarders and BMX riders with the new Plymouth Skate Park off South Main Street. Phase 1 has been completed and work is planned for Phase 2, all from local donations.

"It's really nice for everyone to have a great place to go," he said.

"For kids who are interested in joining the Watervile Snowboard team I have a scholarship fund that you can apply for at www.wvbbts.org/Pat-Moore-SF/. And also please continue to support the Plymouth skatepark, we’re hoping to complete phases 2 and 3 this summer! Thanks."